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born 1752, she may have been a sister of Lieut. -Col. Andrew Coghlan, who died at Bath in 1837, aged 79.

Lieut. -Col. Andrew Coghlan was brother of Lieut. -Col. Edmond Coghlan, who died 1828. In the obituary notice of the latter he is stated to have been second son of James Coghlan of Cloghan, King's County, by Miss Hearne of Hearnesbrook, County Gal way ; an only son survived him. Should this family still exist, some information as to the fate of the portraits might be obtained.

Waterford Chronicle, 4 May, 1837, Deaths : " At Bath, asred 79, Lt.-Col. Andrew Coghlan of the late Royal Veteran Battn."

'Illustrations of King James's Irish Army List,' 1860, by John Dal ton : Capt. Terence Coghlan, vol. ii. p. 414. " In the year 1828, however, died in London Lt.-Col. Edmond Coghlan, who had been Governor of Chester, and his obituary states him to have been second son of the late Mr. James Coghlan of Cloghan in the King's Co. by Miss Hearne of Hearnesbrook, Co. Galway. This officer was buried in St. James's Church, his only son and his brother Andrew Coghlan being the chief mourners."

J. D. C.

""" LALLATION." In ' N.E.D.' : " 1864. R. F. Burton, ' Dahome,' i. 158. The Popos and Dahomans have the same lallation as the Chinese, who call rum ' him.' '

Is it of present interest to any reader to be reminded that in New Brunswick the Melicets Indians so call rum ? And I have often heard them in a country chapel sing " GZolia Patfi et Filio " their' name for their priest, inherited from their first French patriarche, being " patfiass."

W. F. P. STOCKLEY.

COLLEGE SUCCESSION. As a pendant to the recent discussion of succession in the male line, the following note, which I take from my college magazine. The Grid Record, for September, 1912, may be of interest :

" Mr. H. C. Bclflcld, who has recently been appointed Governor of British East Africa, is the last of six generations of Belflelds who have been members of Oriel, constituting a continuous succession of fathers and sons from 1688."

Such a succession must, I imagine, be extremely rare. H. I. B.

CLIFFORD'S INN. The Lent Reader, lec- turing last April in Middle Temple Hall on ' The Legal Quarter of London,' said :

" So Clifford's Inn was sold to a builder. Most of it has been already pulled down and a big block of offices has been erected on it." ' Six Lectures on the Inns of Court and Chancerv,' Macmillans, 1912, p. 55.

At present nearly seven months later only a small part of the Inn has been demolished, no offices have been erected on it, and the ancient Inn stands, in the main, where it stood nearly six centuries ago. As the erroneous statements will enjoy an extensive circulation in this authoritative and interesting, though ill- edited volume, it is perhaps desirable, in the interests of historic accuracy in relation to our vanishing Inns of Chancery, that they should be nailed to the ' N. & Q.' counter.

A. T. W.

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WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

STRAY QUERIES ON LONDON. What is the origin of the little tunnel from St. James's Place, Piccadilly, into the Green Park ?

Did the right of way embodied in Lans- downe Passage exist before Devonshire (Berkeley) House was built ?

Why is Engine Court, St. James's Palace, so called ?

To what do we owe the break in the build- ing line of New Bond Street, embracing the first five numb"ers, and the additional width of roadway opposite these houses ? J. LANDFEAR LUCAS.

MEDALS RELATING TO JOHN WILKES. Those interested in the history of John Wilkes, whose authoritative biography by Mr. Horace Bleackley is now in course of preparation, may like to know that two badges or medals connected with the earlier portion of Wilkes's public career have lately been discovered by Messrs. Spink, who have favoured me with an inspection of them. Both these medals are of unusual size and shape, and both are provided with a loop for suspension.

The first medal is ear -shaped, and measures 4i in. by 3i in. It consists of an artistic combination of fine paste, silver-gilt, and silver. On one side are the arms of the Loyal Society of 1745 ; on the other the arms of Wilkes, with his own motto and the word " Libertas."

The second medal is much more interesting. It is circular in form, with a diameter of 4J in. The bulk of it is silver, but there is a circular medallion inset in the upper portion in gold or silver-gilt, measuring 2'3 in. It is most elaborately chased, and